Section 1. K.S.A. 47-816 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 47-
816. As used in the Kansas veterinary practice act:

(a) ``Animal'' means any mammalian animal
other than human and
any fowl, bird, amphibian, fish or reptile, wild or domestic,
living or dead.

(b) ``Board'' means the state board of
veterinary examiners.

(c) ``Clock hour of continuing
education'' means 60 minutes of par-
ticipation in a continuing education program or activity which
meets the
minimum standards for continuing education according to rules and
reg-
ulations adopted by the board.

(1) Is not on the veterinary premises or
in the same general area in
a field setting, but has examined the animal and provided either
written
or documented oral instructions or a written protocol for treatment
of
the animal patient, except that in an emergency, the supervising
licensed
veterinarian may provide oral instructions prior to examining the
animal
and subsequently examine the animal and document the instruction
in
writing;

(2) delegates only those veterinary
practice tasks which are consistent
with the rules and regulations of the board regarding employee
supervi-
sion; and

(3) the animal being treated is not
anesthetized as defined in rules
and regulations.

(g) ``Practice of veterinary medicine''
means any of the following:

(1) To diagnose, treat, correct, change,
relieve, or prevent animal
disease, deformity, defect, injury or other physical or mental
condition;
including the prescription or administration of any drug, medicine,
bio-
logic, apparatus, application, anesthesia or other therapeutic or
diagnostic
substance or technique on any animal including but not limited to
acu-
puncture, surgical or dental operations, animal psychology, animal
chi-
ropractic, theriogenology, surgery, including cosmetic surgery, any
man-
ual, mechanical, biological or chemical procedure for testing
for
pregnancy or for correcting sterility or infertility or to render
service or
recommendations with regard to any of the above and all other
branches
of veterinary medicine.

(2) To represent, directly or indirectly,
publicly or privately, an ability
and willingness to do any act described in paragraph (1).

(3) To use any title, words, abbreviation
or letters in a manner or
under circumstances which induce the belief that the person using
them
is qualified to do any act described in paragraph (1). Such use
shall be
prima facie evidence of the intention to represent oneself as
engaged in
the practice of veterinary medicine.

(4) To collect blood or other samples for
the purpose of diagnosing
disease or conditions. This shall not apply to unlicensed personnel
em-
ployed by the United States department of agriculture, the Kansas
animal
health department or the state board of agriculture who are engaged
in
such personnel's official duties.

(5) To apply principles of environmental
sanitation, food inspection,
environmental pollution control, animal nutrition, zoonotic disease
con-
trol and disaster medicine in the promotion and protection of
public
health in the performance of any veterinary service or
procedure.

(h) ``School of veterinary medicine''
means any veterinary college or
division of a university or college that offers the degree of
doctor of vet-
erinary medicine or its equivalent, which conforms to the standards
re-
quired for accreditation by the American veterinary medical
association
and which is recognized and approved by the board.

(i) ``Veterinarian'' means a person who
has received a doctor of vet-
erinary medicine degree or the equivalent from a school of
veterinary
medicine.

(j) ``Veterinary medical specialist''
means a person who has completed
advanced training in such person's specialty area and is a diplomat
of such
specialty.

(k) ``Veterinary premises'' means any
premises or facility where the
practice of veterinary medicine occurs, including but not limited
to, a
mobile clinic, outpatient clinic, satellite clinic or veterinary
hospital or
clinic, but shall not include the premises of a veterinary client,
research
facility, a federal military base, Kansas state university college
of veteri-
nary medicine or any premises wherein the practice of veterinary
medi-
cine occurs no more than three times per year as a public service
outreach
of a registered veterinary premises.

(l) ``Graduate veterinary technician''
means a person who has grad-
uated from an American veterinary medical association accredited
school
approved by the board.

(m) ``Registered veterinary technician''
means a person who is a grad-
uate veterinary technician, has passed the examinations required by
the
board for registration and is registered by the board.

(n) ``Veterinary-client-patient
relationship'' means:

(1) The veterinarian has assumed the
responsibility for making med-
ical judgments regarding the health of the animal or animals and
the need
for medical treatment, and the client, owner or other caretaker has
agreed
to follow the instruction of the veterinarian;

(2) there is sufficient knowledge of the
animal or animals by the vet-
erinarian to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis
of the med-
ical condition of the animal or animals. This means that the
veterinarian
has recently seen or is personally acquainted with the keeping and
care
of the animal or animals by virtue of an examination of the animal
or
animals, or by medically appropriate and timely visits to the
premises
where the animal or animals are kept, or both; and

(3) the practicing veterinarian is
readily available for followup in case
of adverse reactions or failure of the regimen of therapy.

(o) ``ECFVG certificate'' means a
certificate issued by the American
veterinary medical association education commission for foreign
veteri-
nary graduates, indicating that the holder has demonstrated
knowledge
and skill equivalent to that possessed by a graduate of an
accredited or
approved college of veterinary medicine.

(p) ``Veterinary prescription drugs''
means such prescription items as
defined by subsection (c)(f) of 21 U.S.C.
Sec. 353, as in effect on July 1,2001.

(q) ``Veterinary corporation'' means a
professional corporation of li-
censed veterinarians incorporated under the professional
corporation act
of Kansas, cited at K.S.A. 17-2706 et seq., and amendments
thereto.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 47-822 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 47-822.
(a) The fee for an application for a license to practice veterinary
medicine
in this state, as required by K.S.A. 47-824, and amendments
thereto, shall
be not less than $50 nor more than $250.

(b) The annual fee for renewal of license
required under K.S.A. 47-
829, and amendments thereto, shall be not less than $20 nor more
than
$100.

(c) The fee for each examination for
licensure as required by K.S.A.
47-825, and amendments thereto, shall not be less than $50 nor
more
than $250$500.

(d) The fee for an application for
registration of a registered veteri-
nary technician as provided in K.S.A. 47-821, and amendments
thereto,
shall be not less than $20 nor more than $50.

(e) The annual fee for renewal of
registration of a registered veteri-
nary technician as provided in K.S.A. 47-821, and amendments
thereto,
shall be not less than $5 nor more than $25.

(f) The fee for an application for
registration of a premises required
under K.S.A. 47-840, and amendments thereto, shall be not
less than $50
nor more than $150.

(g) The fee for renewal of registration
of a premises required under
K.S.A. 47-840, and amendments thereto, shall be not less
than $10 nor
more than $50.

(h) A late fee of no more than $50 may be
assessed to a person re-
questing registration of a premises.

(i) The fee for inspection or
reinspection of a premises required to
be registered under K.S.A. 47-840, and amendments thereto,
shall be not
less than $50 nor more than $150.

(j) The board shall determine annually
the amount necessary to carry
out and enforce the provisions of this act and shall fix by rules
and reg-
ulations the fees established in this section within the
limitations provided
in this section.

Sec. 3. K.S.A. 47-825 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 47-825.
(a) The board shall provide for at least one examination during
each year
and may provide for such additional examinations as are necessary.
A
person desiring to take an examination shall make application at
least 4560 days before taking the examination.

(b) The preparation, administration and
grading of the examination
shall be governed by the rules and regulations prescribed by the
board.
Examinations shall be designed to test the examinee's knowledge of
and
proficiency in the subjects and techniques commonly taught in
schools of
veterinary medicine and the laws and rules and regulations dealing
with
the practice of veterinary medicine in Kansas. The board may adopt
and
use the examinations prepared by any national testing service for
veteri-
nary medicine. The examination of applicants for license to
practice vet-
erinary medicine shall be conducted according to methods deemed
by
the board to be the most practical and expeditious to test the
applicant's
abilities and qualifications. The minimum passing scores shall be
estab-
lished by rules and regulations.

(c) After each examination, the executive
director shall notify each
examinee in writing of the result of the examinee's examination
within 60
days, and the board shall issue a license to each applicant for a
license
who has successfully completed the examination. The executive
director
shall record each new license and issue a license to each new
licensee.
Any person failing an examination shall be admitted to any
subsequent
examination on payment of the examination fees. Any applicant for
ex-
amination who does not attend the examination shall forfeit the
exami-
nation fee.

Sec. 4. K.S.A. 47-816, 47-822 and 47-825 are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the statute book.